I had to learn chord shapes. I bought books with chord charts. I used to listen to all kinds of pop music. — Mick Taylor Copy Share Image
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The reason why so few good books are written is that so few people who can write know anything. — Walter Bagehot Copy Share Image
I like a good fun chick-lit book as much as I like historical fiction, mysteries, or biographies, I like to be well-rounded! — Erin Duffy Copy Share Image
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“Will not the publishers be kind? If they knew what happiness lurked in embryo within their foolish cheque-books!” — George Gissing Copy Share Image
“Rather than change the content of my book, I changed the font. I think it made my book funnier.” — Jarod Kintz Copy Share Image
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I dont know how the editors are going to take it or how it may be received. But to some extent Im… — Christopher Darden Copy Share Image
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Much as there are things about our own life stories that we can learn only from the systematic study of our dreams,… — Elif Batuman Copy Share Image
“Still, it strikes me that, taken together, they do make an argument, and it is this: the rise of American democracy is… — Jill Lepore Copy Share Image
Maybe all wondrous books appear in our lives the way Milo’s tollbooth appears, an inexplicable gift, cast up by some curious chance… — Michael Chabon Copy Share Image
“Unmade, mid-morning. A dress where it fell, where you snaked from it. The slab of the bedsheet, marbled with creases. These pillows… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
You say grace before meals. All right. But I say grace before the concert and the opera, and grace before the play… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
It would be nice to design a real briefcase - you open it up and it's your computer but it also stores… — Steve Wozniak Copy Share Image
The sign that I don't like the book I'm reading is finding myself watching reruns of 'Come Dine With Me.' — Lionel Shriver Copy Share Image
I conceive a knowledge of books is the basis upon which other knowledge is to be built. — George Washington Copy Share Image
It would be hard to exaggerate Ernest Hemingway's influence over American literature, but his influence on our lives is probably larger still. — Arthur Phillips Copy Share Image
The first step to finding a God-written love story is handing the pen to the true Author of romance. — Leslie Ludy Copy Share Image
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Do I think there's life after death? No, I think my books are my life after death. — May Sarton Copy Share Image
“The best horror novels open up, "It was beautiful summer day and the smell of flowers emanated throughout the air.” — Justin Alcala Copy Share Image
“Horror writers shouldn't play nice. Disturb & unnerve your reader. Make them uncomfortable, but not so much they stop reading.” — Pamela Morris Copy Share Image
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I fell asleep reading a dull book and dreamed I kept on reading, so I awoke from sheer boredom. — Heinrich Heine Copy Share Image
“I was no longer able to hear the music that issues from a decent piece of prose.” — Carlos Ruiz Zafón Copy Share Image
I one time hooked up with somebody off an app who gave me an autographed copy of a book he wrote. — Scott Evans Copy Share Image
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Learn how to read the love letters sent by the wind and rain, the snow and moon. — Ikkyu Copy Share Image
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